During WWII the Link Trainer, known to some as the Blue Box, trained over 500,000 Allied pilots. Edwin Link invented the simulator in 1929 to teach instrument flying safely on the ground using pneumatics. Over 10,000 units were built for Allied forces—Link Co. now owned by L3.👀

Designed by Binghamton, NY engineer Edwin Link in 1929, the Link Flight Trainer was the first commercially available flight simulator. The Link Trainer at the Museum of Science & Technology - MOST in downtown Syracuse was restored by Syracuse University's College of Engineering and Computer Science. | Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science

Link Trainer Restoration Update: Test Flight!! With Museum pilot Laura Galvez at the controls, the first test flight of our Link Trainer has been accomplished! Regular visitors to the mezzanine deck at the Military Aviation Museum will have witnessed a remarkable transformation over the past three years as a group of our dedicated volunteers carefully rebuilt a Link C-3 Flight Trainer to operational condition. A BIG Thank You to our Volunteers! The Museum is very fortunate to have such a team, a

During WWII, every pilot learned to "simulate," instrument flight in this equitment. The pilot was closed up in the darkness of the Link Trainer and, as the instructor manipulated the controls on the desk outside the trainer, the pilot would learn to ' fly ' by the lighted up instruments. The ' spider ' would create a graph based on the pilots maneuvers so the pilot and instructor could evaluate the day's lesson. Edwin Link, the creator of the Link Trainer, developed a passion for flying in his

Our talented Museum Volunteers have been hard at work restoring our Link Trainer to full working order! Dennis, Red, John, Mark, David and Tom are getting closer to reassembling the base and were recently testing out their handywork! Once complete and fully operational, it will be a part of our new, "Practice Makes Perfect" Training Exhibit, chronicling the ups and downs of WWII Pilot training. #militaryaviationmuseum #WWII #Restoration #ourvolunteersrock #Docents #AvGeek #LinkTrainer | Military